Dry tooling: Svab flashes Mix isch fix at the Grotta di Landro

Despite the meagre winter Erik Svab has managed to flash “Mix isch fix” M10+ at the Grotta di Landro (Dobbiaco, Dolomites). The former Italian ice climbing champion sent the 20m route, established by locals Kurt Astner e Christoph Hainz, without spurs on a recent visit to what has become one of the most important dry tooling crags in the Italian Dolomites.

This info has been taken from the new guidebook "Ghiaccio verticale" by Francesco Cappellari. Published in December 2006, it contains over 1600 ice and mixed climbs. The grades have been modified slightly in line with other crags elesewhere, Thanks to Grivel, La Sportiva, Montura and KONG for their technical support.